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france has deployed more than 500 troop to its west african nation to stop al qaeda linked militants from turning it into a safe haven for terrorists. islamic militants seized control of a vast desert area in northern mali nine months ago. since then they have been posed an extreme form is 4r578ic sharia law public amptation an beatings are commonplace. mali's music, an important part of the country's culture has been silenced. the militants have banned the annual music festival in timbuktu. national security analyst juan zarate. >> what you have in mali is a safe haven for al qaeda an aggressive terrorist group, an organization and one that presents a threat to the stability of mali and the region. that explains why the french have decided to intervene now. >> reporter: france's decision to intervene is not without risk. its french government upped its terror alert at home and reb ems have already threatened to attack french citizens. charlie d'agata, cbs news london. >> jeff: syrian warplanes stepped up their attacks in damascus suburbs today. activists sources say air strikes have
france has deployed more than 500 troop to its west african nation to stop al qaeda linked militants from turning it into a safe haven for terrorists. islamic militants seized control of a vast desert area in northern mali nine months ago. since then they have been posed an extreme form is 4r578ic sharia law public amptation an beatings are commonplace. mali's music, an important part of the country's culture has been silenced. the militants have banned the annual music festival in timbuktu....
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, an area the size of france itself. defense secretary panetta has said there are no plans to put u.s. troops into mali, but that could change if terrorists there start killing americans. >> pelley: david, thank you. in our new poll out tonight, an overwhelming number of americans approve of the president's call for universal background checks for gun buyers. the cbs news/"new york times" poll shows background checks on all potential gun buyers are favored by 92%. a ban on high-capacity magazines is favored by 63%. a national ban on semiautomatic weapons is favored by a slim majority of 53%. that's interesting, because our research department found that 65% of all of the guns sold in america are semiautomatics. we asked, also, whether the gun laws should be more strict. 54% said yes. 9% said less strict. and 34% think the laws should remain the same. when we asked the public's opinion of the national rifle association, the response broke down in nearly thirds. 38% have a favorable opinion. the movie theater where one of
, an area the size of france itself. defense secretary panetta has said there are no plans to put u.s. troops into mali, but that could change if terrorists there start killing americans. >> pelley: david, thank you. in our new poll out tonight, an overwhelming number of americans approve of the president's call for universal background checks for gun buyers. the cbs news/"new york times" poll shows background checks on all potential gun buyers are favored by 92%. a ban on...
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but france has warned that won't be the end of this fight. >> pelley: and liz palmer is joining us from the capital of mali. liz, the french are asking for even more assistance from the united states. what do they want? >> reporter: they want u.s. forces to supply midair fueling for the french war planes. now, there's real deep reluctance in the administration to be drawn further into what is really a very open-ended and unstable conflict. and so, that request hasn't been rubber-stamped at all. in fact, it is under discussion right now. >> pelley: still a long way to go yet. liz, thank you very much. there is evidence tonight that leaders of the catholic church in los angeles maneuvered secretly to cover up for priests accused of sexually abusing children. bill whitaker has our story. >> they completely ignored the children and left them to just twist in the wind while they hunkered down, covered up, and protected themselves. >> reporter: raymond boucher is a former altar boy, now the lead attorney representing 500 victims of sex abuse by priests in los angeles. the documents offer the
but france has warned that won't be the end of this fight. >> pelley: and liz palmer is joining us from the capital of mali. liz, the french are asking for even more assistance from the united states. what do they want? >> reporter: they want u.s. forces to supply midair fueling for the french war planes. now, there's real deep reluctance in the administration to be drawn further into what is really a very open-ended and unstable conflict. and so, that request hasn't been...
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armstrong won the world's most grueling event, the tour de france, seven times. but after tygart's investigation, armstrong lostrt all of his titles. in his first interview, tygart spoke with us for the premiere of a new program called "60 minutes sports" on showtime. tygart says that armstrong was doping in his very first win at the tour de france in 1999.. the drug was e.p.o., which boosts endurance. >> six samples that were takenhat w from lance armstrong werewere re-tested in '05. and they were positive. >> reporter: in '99, when the tests were originally taken, was it reported that they were negative. >> there was no test for e.p.o. they were not tested for e.p.o. at that time. >> reporter: when you tested for them in 2005, you discovered? >> all six were flaming positive. >> pelley: "flaming positive." >> flaming positive. >> pelley: tygart told us that throughout the investigation witnesses were intimidated to try to keep the code of silence from breaking. was lance armstrong personally involved in intimidating these other riders to keep them quiet? >> he
armstrong won the world's most grueling event, the tour de france, seven times. but after tygart's investigation, armstrong lostrt all of his titles. in his first interview, tygart spoke with us for the premiere of a new program called "60 minutes sports" on showtime. tygart says that armstrong was doping in his very first win at the tour de france in 1999.. the drug was e.p.o., which boosts endurance. >> six samples that were takenhat w from lance armstrong werewere re-tested...
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in an operation expected to last into february, france is also sending 2,500 ground troops. according to u.s. officials, the french have run into stiffer- than-expected resistance. algerian troops have surrounded that gas complex where the americans are being held. the terrorists are quoted as saying they won't release their hostages until france stops its operations in mali. >> pelley: david, thank you. also breaking tonight, the federal government has just announced it is grounding the new 787 dreamliner, and two japanese airlines did the same today after a second onboard fire. boeing hopes that its new 787 is the future of aviation. it has a revolutionary design-- lighter and more fuel efficient. 50 have been delivered and another 800 are on order. but sharyl attkisson reports there have been a number of emergencies on the planes in just the last few days. >> reporter: 45 minutes after takeoff on a domestic flight in western japan, a flight attendant on this all-nippon airway 787 announced in a shaky voice that there would be an emergency landing. 129 passengers evacuated
in an operation expected to last into february, france is also sending 2,500 ground troops. according to u.s. officials, the french have run into stiffer- than-expected resistance. algerian troops have surrounded that gas complex where the americans are being held. the terrorists are quoted as saying they won't release their hostages until france stops its operations in mali. >> pelley: david, thank you. also breaking tonight, the federal government has just announced it is grounding the...
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tyler hamilton helped him win the tour de france. but in an interview for the showtime program "60 minutes sports," hamilton told us both he and armstrong used banned drugs and engaged in the illegal technique called "blood doping," when a rider infuses a bag of fresh blood during a race to beat exhaustion. would there have been a lance armstrong without doping? >> doping definitely helped him. a lot of people say, "okay well, everybody's doping so it was a level playing field." but that's not true. that's not true. doping took a lot of money. it took a risk taker. it took a lot of having connections. and a lot of people just weren't willing to make... take those risks. a lot of people didn't have that money, you know? blood doping, for example, took a lot of money. a lot of details. it took a posse of sophisticated know-what-they're-doing kind of people. and lance had those. >> pelley: so most everyone at the top of the game was doping but not all the doping programs were equal. >> exactly. exactly. the people who run the sport were
tyler hamilton helped him win the tour de france. but in an interview for the showtime program "60 minutes sports," hamilton told us both he and armstrong used banned drugs and engaged in the illegal technique called "blood doping," when a rider infuses a bag of fresh blood during a race to beat exhaustion. would there have been a lance armstrong without doping? >> doping definitely helped him. a lot of people say, "okay well, everybody's doping so it was a level...
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. >> reporter: malians along the road cheered and waved france's flag as a convoy of hundreds of french soldiers and their weapons drove toward the town of diabaly. to people here, these are the troops who chased al qaeda- linked fighters away. life is now returning to normal. diabaly was the closest the islamic militants got to the capital bamako. but they only stayed for four days before the french government launched its attack. in diabaly, there was never any ground combat. the french simply hit the islamists from the air and destroyed their equipment and ammunition. that was enough to get them on the run. it was welcome news for the boubakar family. we met them on the road with a cart full of household goods. the extremists had marched sinanta away at gun point and tried to pump him for local knowledge. are you worried for your family that the islamists will come back? >> ( translated ): oh, yes. >> reporter: cobbla says she's still having nightmares. though in the end, the fighters did let him go, the whole family has decided to head up the road where they know there will be troop
. >> reporter: malians along the road cheered and waved france's flag as a convoy of hundreds of french soldiers and their weapons drove toward the town of diabaly. to people here, these are the troops who chased al qaeda- linked fighters away. life is now returning to normal. diabaly was the closest the islamic militants got to the capital bamako. but they only stayed for four days before the french government launched its attack. in diabaly, there was never any ground combat. the french...
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armstrong admitted he used banned performance-enhancing drugs through all seven of his wins at the tour de france. the disgraced cyclist didn't tell all but he told a lot in an interview with oprah winfrey aired last night. we asked jim axelrod to look at where this leaves armstrong now. >> i view this situation as one big lie that i repeated a lot of times. as you said it wasn't as if i just said no and i moved off it. >> reporter: now that armstrong is no longer repeating the lie, he may face a number of lawsuits that could decimate his estimated net worth of more than $100 million. the largest involves his long-time sponsor, the u.s. postal service. armstrong's postal service contract specifically banned doping. a lawsuit already has been filed by former teammate floyd landis that alleges armstrong defrauded the postal service and the federal government. the postal service paid armstrong more than $30 million. under the law, if fraud against the government is proven, the penalty could be triple, more than $90 million. one interested viewer of the interview last night was david walsh, chief spo
armstrong admitted he used banned performance-enhancing drugs through all seven of his wins at the tour de france. the disgraced cyclist didn't tell all but he told a lot in an interview with oprah winfrey aired last night. we asked jim axelrod to look at where this leaves armstrong now. >> i view this situation as one big lie that i repeated a lot of times. as you said it wasn't as if i just said no and i moved off it. >> reporter: now that armstrong is no longer repeating the lie,...